Chargers Draft Joe Alt No. 5 Overall – Notre Dame Photo Gallery

All the best to Big Joe in Los Angeles!

It was just under three years ago that [autotag]Joe Alt[/autotag] began his Notre Dame football career.  The son of a former Kansas City Chiefs standout, Alt was recruited to Notre Dame originally as a tight end, playing there early in the 2021 season.

An injury to star-recruit Blake Fisher, who started Notre Dame’s 2021 opener at Florida State as a freshman left tackle, however changed the course of Alt’s Notre Dame career.

Alt switched to offensive tackle roughly halfway through his freshman year and by his sophomore campaign was widely seen as one of the nation’s best at his position.

Alt went into the 2023 campaign viewed by most as an almost sure-fire top-15 draft pick in 2024, something that became a reality this past weekend when the Los Angeles Chargers selected him fifth-overall.

Alt fits the mold of a downright physical force that Jim Harbaugh has made a living off of during his time at Stanford, with the San Francisco 49ers, and with Michigan.

Check out the best pictures of Alt during his three-year Notre Dame career below: